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Andrew L. Rhyne

Roger Williams University / New England Aquarium
Verified email at rwu.edu
Cited by 3206

When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals

…, MR Springborn, EF Pienaar, AL Rhyne… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The annual trade in exotic vertebrates as pets is a multi‐billion‐dollar global business.
Thousands of species, and tens of millions of individual animals, are shipped both internationally …

Cauda equina syndrome

LR Spector, L Madigan, A Rhyne… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Cauda equina syndrome is a relatively uncommon condition typically associated with a
large, space-occupying lesion within the canal of the lumbosacral spine. The syndrome is …

Upper cervical spine injuries

SR Jackson, DM Banit, AL Rhyne III… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
The unique anatomy of the upper cervical spine and the typical mechanisms of injury yield a
predictable variety of injury patterns. Traumatic ligamentous injuries of the atlanto‐occipital …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the appetite of the marine aquarium fish trade: the volume and biodiversity of fish imported into the United States

AL Rhyne, MF Tlusty, PJ Schofield, LES Kaufman… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The aquarium trade and other wildlife consumers are at a crossroads forced by threats from
global climate change and other anthropogenic stressors that have weakened coastal …

Uncovering an obscure trade: threatened freshwater fishes and the aquarium pet markets

R Raghavan, N Dahanukar, MF Tlusty, AL Rhyne… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
While the collection of fish for the aquarium pet trade has been flagged as a major threat to
wild populations, this link is tenuous for the unregulated wild collection of endemic species …

Marine ornamental decapods—popular, pricey, and poorly studied

R Calado, J Lin, AL Rhyne, R Araújo… - Journal of crustacean …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The growing demand for highly priced marine ornamental species has contributed to the
endangered status of coral reefs. A list of 128 of the most heavily traded marine ornamental …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding our understanding of the trade in marine aquarium animals

AL Rhyne, MF Tlusty, JT Szczebak, RJ Holmberg - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
The trade of live marine animals for home and public aquaria has grown into a major global
industry. Millions of marine fishes and invertebrates are removed from coral reefs and …

Kyphoplasty: report of eighty-two thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral fractures

A Rhyne III, D Banit, E Laxer, S Odum… - Journal of orthopaedic …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Document initial outcomes of balloon kyphoplasty. Design: Retrospective analysis
of the first 52 patients with 82 painful vertebral body compression fractures secondary to …

[HTML][HTML] Crawling to collapse: ecologically unsound ornamental invertebrate fisheries

A Rhyne, R Rotjan, A Bruckner, M Tlusty - PLoS One, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Fishery management has historically been an inexact and reactionary
discipline, often taking action only after a critical stock suffers overfishing or collapse. The …

Opportunities for public aquariums to increase the sustainability of the aquatic animal trade

MF Tlusty, AL Rhyne, L Kaufman, M Hutchins… - Zoo …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The global aquatic pet trade encompasses a wide diversity of freshwater and marine
organisms. While relying on a continual supply of healthy, vibrant aquatic animals, few …